bumpier; bumpiest
1
: having or covered with bumps
2
a
: marked by bumps or jolts
b
: marked by or full of difficulties
Examples of bumpy in a Sentence
The road is very bumpy.
the bumpy skin of a cucumber
The flight was very bumpy.
The road was rough so we had a bumpy ride.
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The ride from here to that break looks to be uncomfortably bumpy.
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Chris Brennan, USA Today, 4 Dec. 2025
Your best bet is to rent a car at the airport and drive those long stretches on bumpy desert roads or sign up with a local tour guide who can handle logistics for you.
—Carrie Dennis, Travel + Leisure, 4 Dec. 2025
Macro pressures in China could also cause the recovery to be a bumpy one.
—Elsa Ohlen, CNBC, 3 Dec. 2025
The city with the most potholes and bumpy streets?
—Ethan Varian, Mercury News, 26 Nov. 2025
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Chris Brennan, USA Today, 4 Dec. 2025
Your best bet is to rent a car at the airport and drive those long stretches on bumpy desert roads or sign up with a local tour guide who can handle logistics for you.
—Carrie Dennis, Travel + Leisure, 4 Dec. 2025
Macro pressures in China could also cause the recovery to be a bumpy one.
—Elsa Ohlen, CNBC, 3 Dec. 2025
The city with the most potholes and bumpy streets?
—Ethan Varian, Mercury News, 26 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for bumpy
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“Bumpy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bumpy. Accessed 7 Dec. 2025.
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